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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	comment	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom is a 1968 British romantic comedy starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, and James Booth as a trio engaged in an unusual affair. Surprisingly, it is Very Loosely Based on a True Story, though the real events took a much darker turn than the light-hearted movie.Robert Blossom is a Married to the Job manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored with the captivating, kind-hearted Harriet and decides instead to set up housekeeping in the attic, over Harriet's objections.During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. Meanwhile, Robert, certain that something peculiar is happening in his home but unable to prove it, fears he is losing his mind.With Scotland Yard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel—and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_234fa9ba	comment	May–December Romance: Robert is a decade older than his wife, who is in turn older than her lover Ambrose.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Robert, outwardly a stolid, boring businessman, secretly longs to be a musician. Ambrose, an uneducated orphan, becomes a multidisciplinary master once he's finally allowed to pursue his education in the attic.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_4537916e	comment	Gadgeteer's House: Ambrose is able to convert the bare attic into a luxurious lair with secret automatic stairs and accoutrements that conceal themselves into the walls at the touch of a button.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_589661ad	comment	Renaissance Man: Ambrose goes from a bumbling, uneducated orphan into one of these with the help of a library of Teach Yourself books, picking up more self-confidence with every new skill he acquires. By the end of the film, he's more than capable of stepping into Robert's shoes to run his business empire.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_5dc04c4e	comment	Brownface: Ambrose disguises himself as Harriet's Mexican half-brother Juan, complete with brownface makeup, to throw Detective Dylan off the trail.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_5f4097ba	type	Not Distracted by the Sexy
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_5f4097ba	comment	Not Distracted by the Sexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Whenever Robert finds evidence that someone else is living in his home, Harriet convinces him he's imagining things, causing him to believe he's losing his mind.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: At the end of the film, Harriet conceals her ex-husband Robert in the basement as her new extramarital lover.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_85cefc44	type	Sympathetic Adulterer
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_85cefc44	comment	Sympathetic Adulterer: In spite of their genuine affection for one another, Harriet and Ambrose come to feel guilty at the toll their affair is taking on Robert, whom they agree is a good man who has done nothing to deserve this. Subverted in the film's climax, where Harriet, now married to Ambrose, takes her ex-husband Robert as her secret lover, apparently behind Ambrose's back.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_9597a894	comment	Sexual Euphemism: A rare visual example. All of Harriet and Ambrose's lovemaking is portrayed in elaborate costumed fantasy sequences in which Harriet is a damsel in distress whom a heroic Ambrose rescues.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_a859f080	type	Agent Peacock
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_a859f080	comment	Agent Peacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder. In the end, his extraordinary efforts do solve the mystery, even though his theory is proven wrong.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The film is based on the real-life case of Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich, who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one—including Dolly's husband—the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_f178203a	type	Inspector Javert
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_f178203a	comment	Inspector Javert: Dylan becomes totally focused on solving Ambrose's disappearance, to the point that he harasses Harriet almost daily in hopes of catching her in a lie.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom / int_f217cdab	comment	Great Big Book of Everything: Harriet supplies Ambrose with Teach Yourself books that allow him to become an expert at every skill from carpentry to electrical wiring to gourmet cooking to business management.
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